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17 cars ‘trashed’ in Fountainbridge vandalism rampage

Edinburgh

The barriers will still be put up despite public complaints.

Council U-turns on pledge to remove barriers on Princes Street

Entertainment

Private Hire Taxi. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Revellers warned over bogus private hire drivers across Capital

News

The Royal Bank of Scotland was named the worst for customer service on current accounts in the report. Picture: PA

Revealed: The ‘worst’ banks in the UK for customer service

Business

Edinburgh taxpayers paying over £800,000 for ‘ageing’ CCTV system

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Leith pub transformed as Duke Street bar reopens as The Nauticus

Food and Drink

Campaigners protest in Edinburgh against increase in rail fares

Transport

Man charged after two cut free from car following A1 crash

Edinburgh

Police are appealing for information.

Man injured in Moredun garage blaze ‘caused by motorbike gangs’

News

Kezia Dugdale: Festivals must be fair on local people

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James perform at Linlithgow

Music fans descend on Linlithgow for a host of top acts

Entertainment

Two mums enjoy Nicola's GroovaRoo class

Nicola helps mums get their groove on

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Kidzcare staff helped raise �200 by donning their pyjamas

No rest Ronald McDonald House PJ charity fundraisers

Edinburgh

Lily Asch provides a safe space to talk about mental health

Talking helped turn storyteller Lily’s life around

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Aodan Donnelly will run 192 miles over the course of this month

Accountant Aodan makes a run for it

Edinburgh

Ambulance driver Mike Armstrong

Ambulance man Mike’s a high flier

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People's Energy staff held a brunch for Harrison's Fund ' and even office dog Albus joined in

People’s Energy staff in charity brunch

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Anna’s great time at family fun weekend

Edinburgh

Meningitis Now team to tackle Kiltwalk

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It’s not a dog-eat-dog world after all

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Anonymous donor stuns charity shop

Edinburgh

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Police are appealing for information.

Man injured in Moredun garage blaze ‘caused by motorbike gangs’

News

Police recover the car driven by a 29-year-old man, who is a UK national, who was arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terror. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Westminster terror crash suspect named as Salih Khater

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Private Hire Taxi. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Revellers warned over bogus private hire drivers across Capital

News

The city has over 226 CCTV cameras

Edinburgh taxpayers paying over £800,000 for ‘ageing’ CCTV system

News

Edinburgh man fined for verbally abusing England rugby boss Eddie Jones

Edinburgh

Teen thugs target OAP as window smashed four times

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Police step up patrols in Scotland after Westminster ‘terror incident’

News

Liverpool’s Mo Salah referred to police for ‘using phone while driving’

Crime

Transport More Transport >>

A man has been charged following the incident on the A1.

Man charged after two cut free from car following A1 crash

Edinburgh

Private Hire Taxi. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Revellers warned over bogus private hire drivers across Capital

News

Anger is mounting over an expected 3.5 per cent increase in regulated train fres. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Campaigners protest in Edinburgh against increase in rail fares

Transport

Road ‘partially blocked’ near Gogarburn Roundabout due to 3-vehicle accident

Edinburgh

There have been calls to stop buses on Princes Street

Readers react to calls to ‘get buses off Princes Street’

Edinburgh

Internationally recognised engineers, architects and urban planners have been appointed to help shape the long term future of Edinburgh's Waverley Station.

Edinburgh Waverley set for revamp to help ease demand at station

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The organisers of the Summer Sessions erected the high barrier around the perimeter of Princes Street Gardens to obscure the view of concerts at the Ross Bandstand. Picture: Andrew O'Brien

Princes Street barriers removed - but pavement closes to stop free view

Entertainment

Resident fumes as abandoned car remains despite 24 hour warning issued in May

News

Delays on A71 following crash between motorbike and car

Edinburgh

Rail passengers to be hit with 3.5% hike in fare prices

News

Bid to introduce Scotland’s first workplace parking levy

Edinburgh

Education More Education >>

Triplets about to start primary school together (left to right) Reuben, Kara and Sam who all just turned 5. Also pictured with their big brothers (left to right) James (15), Daniel (12) and Ben (10). Surname is Taylor. Picture; Greg Macvean

First day of school for Morningside triplets

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There is considerable agreement across the political spectrum on how education in Scotland could be improved (Picture: Steven Scott Taylor)

Ruth Davidson: SNP dithers over education as Higher pass rate falls

Opinion

Generic stock image of school uniform

Council inundated with uniform and food grant increases

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Private school pupils are much more likely to appeal their exam results after the Scottish Government introduced a fee

Kezia Dugdale: Fees for exam appeals are unfair on poorest pupils

Opinion

Edinburgh University criticised over clearing by postcode policy

News

Proud grandmother has a child in every year at Buckstone Primary

Education

Daniel Johnson

Opinion

Midlothian kids face no buses in time for start of school

Transport

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Men who took part in the study said the term 'male nurse' should be scrapped. Picture: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Calls to rebrand Scottish nursing as gender neutral

Health

Firm Friends: Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, right, have known each other since university� (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Steve Cardownie: Show for Alfie and kids with cancer sells out

Opinion

One of Scotland's baby boxes is to be preserved in the Museum of Childhood. Picture: PA Wire

Scotland’s baby box immortalised in Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood

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A blind Edinburgh man is helping to promote a nationwide drive to highlight the hazards that people with sight loss face on the street.

Blind man negotiates obstacles on Leith Walk in new video to highlight the hazards

Health

Northcare Manor, a new care home in Edinburgh which incorporates an old shopping street to help its residents reminisce.

Replica shops of city’s past help care home residents reflect

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E-cigs may cause the same damage as normal cogarettes.

Vaping may damage immune system and lead to lung disease, study suggests

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A tax on food bags is helping fund a new house for families at the Sick Kids

McDonald’s using bag tax to fund new £3.5m home for families at Sick Kids

News

‘Shambolic Brexit’ poses threat to NHS in Scotland, says SNP

News

Brave Livingston lad Calum battled rare disorder to win gold

Health

Free sanitary products roll out to Edinburgh schools

Health

Serbian hospice pays tribute to Capital heroine Elsie Inglis

Health

Opinion More Opinion >>

Firm Friends: Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, right, have known each other since university� (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Steve Cardownie: Show for Alfie and kids with cancer sells out

Opinion

Raucous: Johnny Vegas performs at Gilded Balloon's Late 'n' Live� in 2015

Vladimir McTavish: The last of the legendary Festival Fringe drinkers

Opinion

There is considerable agreement across the political spectrum on how education in Scotland could be improved (Picture: Steven Scott Taylor)

Ruth Davidson: SNP dithers over education as Higher pass rate falls

Opinion

Andrew Kerr and Cammy Day were set to go on the trip (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Steve Cardownie: My part in cancelled council trip to US and Canada

Opinion

Steve Cardownie: Laurel and Hardy walk into a pub ...

Opinion

Ian Swanson: Second Brexit referendum would divide UK but is worth risk

Opinion

Kezia Dugdale: Festivals must be fair on local people

Opinion

Kezia Dugdale: Fees for exam appeals are unfair on poorest pupils

Opinion

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There is considerable agreement across the political spectrum on how education in Scotland could be improved (Picture: Steven Scott Taylor)

Ruth Davidson: SNP dithers over education as Higher pass rate falls

Opinion

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish independence blueprint absent from SNP conference

Politics

Andrew Kerr and Cammy Day were set to go on the trip (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Steve Cardownie: My part in cancelled council trip to US and Canada

Opinion

Andrew Kerr and Cammy Day were set to go on the trip (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Council chiefs’ controversial US visit cancelled amid ‘adverse publicity’

Politics

Is Edinburgh being sidelined in pursuit of student flats?

Letters: Local residents are sidelined in growth of student flats

Edinburgh

Nelson mandela visited Glasgow in 1993.

Mandela family miss Edinburgh book festival event after being stopped at Heathrow

Politics

Demonstrators march to call for "a People's Vote" on the final Brexit deal (Picture: Niklas Halle'n/AFP/Getty)

Ian Swanson: Second Brexit referendum would divide UK but is worth risk

Opinion

Kezia Dugdale: Festivals must be fair on local people

Opinion

Scots shoppers ‘hit by £400 Brexit price hike since referendum vote’

Business

Kezia Dugdale: Fees for exam appeals are unfair on poorest pupils

Opinion

New homes decision for burnt Oxgangs school site

Business

Entertainment More Entertainment >>

The barriers will still be put up despite public complaints.

Council U-turns on pledge to remove barriers on Princes Street

Entertainment

A trust created by a property developer to pursue plans to replace the existing Ross Bandstand insists there will be less disruption from pop and rock gigs despite the furore over the impact of a new season of shows.

Ross Bandstand backers pledge no increase in number of gigs

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Firm Friends: Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, right, have known each other since university� (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Steve Cardownie: Show for Alfie and kids with cancer sells out

Opinion

Business More Business >>

The Royal Bank of Scotland was named the worst for customer service on current accounts in the report. Picture: PA

Revealed: The ‘worst’ banks in the UK for customer service

Business

Private Hire Taxi. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Revellers warned over bogus private hire drivers across Capital

News

Anger is mounting over an expected 3.5 per cent increase in regulated train fres. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Campaigners protest in Edinburgh against increase in rail fares

Transport

Andrew Kerr and Cammy Day were set to go on the trip (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Steve Cardownie: My part in cancelled council trip to US and Canada

Opinion